Coop and feeding park therefor



R. B. ULLOM.

COOP AND FEEDING PARK THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED APR-,1, 1921. 1,416,53 1 0 Patented May 16, 1922.

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R. B. ULLOM.

COOP AND FEEDING PARK THEREFOR.

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.BALPH B. U Loi/i, or unienivn, rnnrnrm, ASSIG-NOB. r0 cYcLo'NE MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF URBANA, INDIANA.

COOP AND FEEDING PARK THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1922.

Application filed April 1, 1921. Serial No. 457,739.

T 0 all whom 112302204 concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH B. ULLoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Urbana, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coops and Feeding Parks Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in sanitary coops for the housing of fowls and the like and one of the type to be constructed ofs'heet metal and which may have associated therewith a park for the feeding of young chicks while the mother hen is confined to the coop proper.

The principal object of the invention is to provide for an improved coop construction involving certain novel features of detachably interlocking the body portion of the same in position on the bottom wall thereof, whereby the coop, as a whole, may be readily transported from one point to another with fowls confined. therein, and, at the same time allow for the removal of the bottom wall for purposes of thoroughly cleaning the same and the entire interior of the coop.

A furtherobject of the invention is to so construct the interlocking means of the front wall portion of the coop, whereby a feeding park may be interlocked therewith to permit restricted freedom of the young chicks exteriorly of the coop with of the adjacent portion of the coop and the feeding park showing the manner of interlocking one with the other, and F1g. 5 is a detail view.

Referring to the drawing, wherein similar characters of reference deslgnate corresp onding parts 111 the several views thereof, the

numerals 10 and 10 indicate the side walls, 11 and 11 the front and rear walls respectively, and 12 the top wall, of the coop body, the side walls 10 and 10 and the top wall 12 being preferably formed of a single length of sheet metal suitably galvanized to prevent rusting thereof, when ex posed to the weather, and which is bent on the proper lines to lend to the structure the configuration as shown. The front and rear walls 11 and 11 are each formed with inturned flanges 11 arranged to underly the adjacent edges of the sides and top walls 10. 10 and 12, and have the same secured thereto by means of rivets or other suitable fastenings 13.

The upper central portion of the front wall 1.1 is formed with sets of openings, one set concentrically of theother, and the openings thereof each arranged in circular series, and mounted for rotary movement on the outer. face of the wall is a circular plate or disk M-in which is formed corresponding sets of openings 14;" adapted to be moved into and out of registry with the other of said openings, whereby to control the ventilation of the interior of the coop. In the lower portion of the front wall .11, and at one side of the vertical center thereof, is formed a circular entrance andexit opening 15 which has an inturnedflange 15 extending therearound. Associated with the opening 15 are a pair of horizontally swinging closures 16 and 17 which are hinged, as at 1.6 and 17', respectively to a rod 18 extending vertically at the inner side of the opening, which rod 18 is secured to the front wall 11 at its opposite ends, as by having the latter portions thereof angularly bent and suitably. fastened to or in the wall 11, substantially as is shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. These closures 16 and 17 are thus capable of independent opening and closing movement, and the upper closure -l6.is of a greater height than the lower-closure 17 so as to close a major portion of the exit opening 15., whereby the mother hen will be confined to the coop, while the young chicks will be free to pass in and out of the lower open portion of the latter, when the lower closure 17 is swung to open position for said purpose. For securing the closures 16 and 17 in closedposition, suitable pivoted fastenings 19 are provided, while to similarly secure the same in open position, the pivoted fastenings 20, re spectively, are provided.

Referring to Figs. 53 and 3, the opposite lower edges of the side walls 10 and 10 are each formed to provide inturned flanges 21, each formed of a double fold of the metal thereon, and upon these flanges are to be supported angularly bent flan ges 9,2 dependingly formed. at the opposite sides of an up wardly depressed bottom wall The rear wall 11 has its lower edge inturned to provide a substantially cylindrical. head 24:, the free edge portion 2 1- of the metal forming this head being int-urned and disposed vertically downward centrally of the channel of the head, so as to effect a binding on gagement with the downwardly turned rear edge portion 25 of the bottom wall 23. The

lower edge of the front wall 11 is formed with an outwardly turned bead 26 of a cor responding formation to that of the bead 24 of the rear wall. 11, and which has the free edge portion 26 of the bead metal. turned vertically downward of the channel formed in the same. This bead 26 is adapted to rest upon the angularly disposed flange 27 formed in the front end of the bottom wall JP), and this flange formation of the latter is such as to not only function to interlock with the-flanges 21 at the beads 24 and 26 of the side and end walls of the body, respectively, but also to admit of the upwardly depressed bottom wall to provide for an air space beneath the coop.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the numeral 28 designates a. feeding park or runway of a. suitable wire mesh and of desired configuration as shown therein, the opposite ends of the wire being held in shape by means of suitable metal frames 29 and 29. The frame 29 is formed of sheet metal bent or folded substantially U-shaped in cross sections, and has the lower member 30 thereof arranged with an outwardly ex tending horizontal portion 31... which has its free edge portion bent to provide an enclosed portion or beam 32, which is of a suitable cross sectional form to snugly engage in the channel formed in the head 26 of the front wall 11 of the coop bodywhereby the park will be securely connected to and positioned outwardly from the latter by reason of the resiliency of the bead formation. The park 28 is preferably of. equal width to that of the coop, and of a height corresponding to that of the exit opening 15, when the upper closure 16 is fastened in position to close the upper major portion of the latter, and the lower closure 17 is fastened. in its open position. With this arrangement, the mother hen can be held in confinement within the coop, and the young chicks permitted access to the park for feeding and exercising purposes.

The bottom wall 23 is to be inserted into position in or to be removed from the coop body, by being canted in a direction. trans versely of the coop and inclined upwardly thereof and rearwardly from the forward end. of the coop body, substantially as is shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3. lVhen the bottom wall 23 is properly positioned within the coop, the latter may be moved or otherwise transported from place to place without removing the fowls from the same, and when the bottom wall is detached from the body, the entire interior of the coop is readily accessible for cleaning and disinfecting purposes.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim is 1- 1. A coop comprising a body portion of sheet metal open at its lower side, inturned flanges formed at the opposite lower edges of the side walls of the body portion, channeled beads formed at the opposite lower edges of the front and rear walls of the body portion a bottom portion of sheet metal having a centrally and upwardly depressed portion adapted for insertion into the lower open side of the body portion, flanges formed at the opposite sides and ends of the depressed portion of the bottom portion and adapted for interlocking engagement with the flanges and beads of the body portion, and a feeding park engaging the channeled head of the front wall of the coop and enclosing the exit opening leading therefrom.

2. The combination with a coop for housin young chicks and. having an exit opening in one wall thereof, of a feeding park are ranged in abutting relation to the exit end. of the coop and enclosing the lower portion of the said exit opening, interlocking means formed at the adjacent ends of the coop and the park whereby the same are detachably connected together, and a closure for the upper portion of the said exit opening.

The combination with a. coop of sheet metal for housing young chicks, of a feeding park of wire mesh arranged in abutting relation to the exit end of the coop, av channeled bead formed along the lower edge of the exit end of the coop, and means carried at the abutting end of said park for interlocking engagement with said channeled bead.

4. The combination with a'coop of sheet metal for housing young chicks, of a feeding park of wire mesh arranged in abutting relation to the exit end of the coop, a channeled bead formed along the lower edge of having an exit opening through one wall r30 thereof, of a feeding park of wire mesh arranged in abutting relation to the exit wall of the coop, and of a height substantially lessthan one-half of the exit opening there in, a channeled bead formed along the lower edge of the exit wall of the coop, a bead carried by the adjacent end of the park and adapted for interlocking engagement with the channel of said first mentioned bead, and

a closure adapted to close the upper open portion of the exit opening above the adj acent top edge of the park.

6. The combination with a coop forhousing young chicks and having an exit opening through one wall thereof, of a feeding park arranged in abutting relation to the wall of the coop and enclosing the lower portion of the exit thereof, and horizontally divided closures for the said exit opening, the upper of said closures being normally closed and the lower thereof open when said feeding park is in position.

7. The combination with a coop for hous ing young chicks and having an exit opening through one wall thereof, of a feeding park arranged in abutting relation to the wall of the coop and enclosing the lower portion of the exit thereof, means for detachably con nccting said feeding park to the coop, and horizontally divided closures for the said exit opening, the upper of said closures be ing normally closed and the lower thereof open when said feeding park is in position.

8. The combination with a coop of sheet metal for housing young chicks and having an exit opening through the front wall thereof, of a feeding park extending the full width of the front wall of the coop and enclosing the lower portion of the exit thereof, interlocking means formed at the lower abutting edges of the coop and feeding park for detachably securing the same together, and horizontally divided closures for the said exit opening, the upper of said closures being normally closed and the lower thereof open when said feeding park is in position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

RALPH B. ULLOM. 

